Machine for bailing paper pails.



H. A. INMAN. MACHINE FOR BAILING PAPER FAILS.

' APPLIUA'IION TILED DEG 8,1911. 1,1 04, 03, Patented July 28, 1914-,

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WITNEEEIEEZ INVENTUFI wlSmM v M A-I-I-UHNEY THE NORRIS PETERS CO, PHOTO-LITHO, WASHINGTON, D. C.

H. A. INMAN.

MACHINE FOR BAILING PAPER PAIL&

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 8, 1911.

1,1 04,803. Patented July 23, 1914.

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\\\ INVENTDH WITNESSES]: Q IJVI I LON ATTEIHNEY THE NORRIS PETERS (OH PHO'IO-LITHO" WASHINGTON. LT C H. A. INMAN.

MACHINE FOR BAILING PAPER FAILS.

APPLICATION FILED D110. 8, 1911.

1, 1 04,803. Patented July 28, 1914.

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WITNEEEIEH INVENTUFI /MLQM HY AITUFINEY THE NORRIS PETERS CO. PHOTO-LITHO" WASHINGTON. D C.

H. A. INMAN. MACHINE FOB, BAILING PAPER PAILS. APPLICATION FILED D126. 8, 1911.

1,104,803. Patented July 28, 1914.

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'IHE NORRIS PETERS CO1, FHOTO-LITHO., WASHINGTON. D. C,

H. A. INMAN.

MAGHINE FOR BAILING PAPER PAILS.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 8, 1911.

1, 1 04,803. Patented July 28, 1914,

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H. A. INMAN. MACHINE FOR BAILING PAPER PAILS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 8, 1911.

Patented July 28, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT onnion.

HARRY A. INMAN, 0F AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK.

IVLAGJEIINE FOR BAILING PAPER FAILS.

Original application filed. May 3, 1911, Serial No. 624,812. Divided and this app m December 3,

' 1911. Serial No. 664,608."

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY A. INMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Amsterdam, county of Montgomery, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Bailing Paper Pails, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvements and consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and subsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a view in front elevation of a paper-pail forming and bailing machine containing my improved bailinganechanism. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross-section of the same taken on the broken line 3-3 in Fig. 2, showing in top plan the bed-plate of the machine and certain of the operating-mechanisms. Fig. a is a horizontal section taken on thebroken line ll in Fig. 2, and showing in bottom plan the bedplate and various link and lever connections mountedupon the underside thereof. Fig.

5 is a view in front elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a view in front elevation showing certain of the mechanisms on a larger scale than in Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a view in side elevation showing certain of the mechanisms on a larger scale than in Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is a horizontal cross-section taken through the partly formed pail and.

the forming-mechanism. Fig. 9 is a. similar view showing the folding operation completed and the bail-ends driven through the side-wings preparatory to clenching said ends. Fig. 10 is a similar view partly broken away, showing the bail-end clenched. Fig. 11 is a plan view of the blank from which the pail is formed. a

This application is a division of an application filed by me May 3, 1911, Serial No. 624,812, for a machine for forming and bail ing paper-pails.

The present invention relates more par ticularly to a machine for attaching bails t0 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 28,1914

paper-pail a preformedwire bail, without thereby the pail. I

Other objects will appear in connection with the following description.

'Referringto the drawings wherein the invention is shown in preferred form, 1 represents thebase ofthe machineand 2, a bed-.

plate or table fixedly mounted thereon and adapted to support the blank 3 (shown in Fig. 11) preliminary to the folding operation, and to cooperate with the other mechpenetrating the main body-wall of i anisms in folding the blank to proper form.

The bed provided with an aperture 4:, down through which the blankis adapted to be forced by a head or plunger 5, vertically l recipro'catory in slideways an overhang mg arm 6, erected from the base of the machine. A yieldingbed 7 is supported means of a spring-post 8 within the opening 4:.in the bed-plate inline with the plungerhead, 5, said yielding bed being adapted to support the central part of the blank which forms the bottomof the pail, andwhich is held clampedbetween said yielding bed and the plunger-head, 5, during thefolding operation. I 1

The plunger-head, 5, is mounted upon the lower end of a toothed slide-rack, 9, which is engaged by a pinion, l0, fixed upon the same shaft with a pinion, 11, adapted to be engaged by a toothed rack on the crank-rod,

12, connected with a crank-disk, 46, operated in a manner hereinafter described, whereby a reciprocating vertical movement is imparted to the plunger-head 5. As the plunger-head, 5, descends through the opening,

4c, in the bed-plate, the bottom of the box is clamped between saidplunger-head and the yielding bed, 7,and the blank is drawn down withinthe aperture, 4, the walls of f which serve to upturn theside-po-rtions of the blank and partly fold the same to approximately the cross-sectional form shown in Fig. 8. A pair of side-wings or flaps, 14, are thus formed on each" side of. the pail, which wings require to be folded in from th positionshown in Fig, 8 to that shown in Fig. 9, so that the wings of each pair shall lap each other. This is accomplished toward the latter part of the descending move ment of the plunger-head, 5, by means of two pairs of oscillatory arms, 15, one of each pair being mounted upon a rock-shaft, 16, and the other of each pair upon a parallel rock-shaft, 17, which rock-shafts have'fixed thereon, respectively, rocker-arms, 18, which project into the path of the descending yielding bed 7 The final descending movement oft-he bed, 7 forces down the rockerarms, 18, thereby rocking the shafts, 16, and 17, to force the arms, 15, inward to fold the wings, 14c, of the sides of the pail, as shown i Fig. 9. This completes the folding or shaping of the-pail, which can be removed from t-hemachine by raising the v plungerhead, 5, and stripping the folded pail therefrom.

In adapting the machine for automatically attaching the wire bails to the pails, I provide a carrier and holder for. the bail in the form ofa slide, 19, reciprocatory in slideways, 20, on the bed-plate, and having a pair of arms, 22, adapted to freely receive therebetwee the folded ail, the body of the slide and said arms being formed with seats to receive a wire bail, 90, which can be placed thereon by hand. The seats for the ends of the bail on the arm, 22, are undercut at, 21, so as to overhang the ends of the bail. Suitable means which will be presently described are provided for automatically imparting t0 the slide, 19, inward and outward movements at proper times. The inward movement of the slide, 19, is so timed that the bail-ends are brought oppositethe lapping portionsof the side-wings, let, on the respective sides of the box upon the completionof the folding of said sidewings, andfwh-en thus located each of said bail-ends is engaged by aplunger, 23, which drives the end of the bail through the lapping side-wings and into an opening, 2-1, in a stationary upright plate, 25, whichv occupies a position between the body of" the box and the lapping side-wings there-" of. As the bail-end is thrust through the lapping side-wings, 14, it is engaged? by a clenching-arm, '26, which bends back. upon itself the end of the bail to form a' hook thereon, as shown in Fig. 10, said hook being flattened or closedby compression between the clenching-arm, 26, and the plunger, 23, during the final movement of said: plunger. The lenching armor member, 26,; is movable along the outer side of the up right plate, 25, in the space between said plateand the-lapping side wings of the box. The clenching arm, 26, is fixed upon a rock shaft, 28, upon which shaft is also fixed. a stud, 30, located in the path ofa cam Or wedge-shaped member,31,in fixed relation to the plunger, 23', so that as the plunger, 23,

moves inward to force the bail-end through the side-wings of the pail, the cam, 31, will be forced against the stud, 30, causing a rocking movement of the rock-shaft, 28, whereby the clenching arm, 26, is moved across the path of the inserted end of the bail, serving to clench the same as above described. The thickness of the clenching arm, 26, and the upright folder, 25, is sufficient to prevent the end of the hail from penetratingthe side-wall, 32, of the body of the pail,as will be seen in. Fig. 9. The stock itself of the lapping side-wings affords sufficient support to thebail-wire to enable the clenching-arm, 26, to bend the end of the.

bail-wire to hook-form as above described.

Whenthe bailing operation has been completed, the plungers, 23, with their wedges, 31, are withdrawn, permitting the clenching-arm to be returned to its initial position by means of the coil-spring, 33; the slide, 19, is moved back to its outermost position; and the plunger-head, 5, is raised, carrying upward with it the folded-and-bailed pail. As the rocker-arms, 18, are relievedfrom pressure by the rising of the bed, 7, the wing folders are rocked back by means of'a coilspring, 34:, which connects together a pair of rocker-arms, 35, fixed upon the respective rock-shafts, 16 and 17.

As a means for accomplishing the neces sary movements of the slide, 19, and plunger, 23, in proper time-relation with the descending and ascending motions of the plan gerhead, 5, I provide connections whereby all of said mechanisms are driven from a common shaft 37. A pinion, 38, on the shaft, 37, engages algear-wheel, 39, on a shaft, 40, rotatively mounted in bearings, respectively, on thebed of themachine, and on the upper end ofthe stationary post 417. The gear-wheel, 39, meshes with a gearwheel, 41, which runs loosely on ashaft, e2,

which shaft is rotatively mounted in bearings on the frame of themachine. In fixed relation to the gear-wheel, 41, is one member, 413, of an intermittent clutch, the other member, 44, of which is feathered upon the shaft, 12, and is forced into engagement with the vclutch-member, 13, by means of a coilspring, 45. Then the clutch-member, 44:, is held in engagement with the clutch-member, 4:3, by means of said c0il-spring,;tl1e rotary movement of the gear, a1, will be trans- ,mitted to the shaft, 42, upon the end of which shaft, 42, is fixed a crank-disk, 416, with which is connected the crank-rod :12. The movable clutclrmember, M, is at certain times forced out of en a ement with b L) the clutch-member, .43, by means of ajlever,

50, fulcrumed at, 51, upon a fixed bracket, 52, and having on itsupper end a yoke,.53, engageable with the hub of the clutch-member, 4st, and on its lower end a studor cam- ;follower, 55, adapted to be engaged by a cam, 56, fixed upon'the shaft40, The cam, 56, is so shaped that upon the completionof the downward movement of the plungerhead, 5, the clutch isheld open to permit the bracket, 59, projecting from the base ofthe,

machine, said Sllitft dlfiNlHg fiXBdthGIGQH a rocker-arm, 60, upon the end of which is a cam-follower, 61, which occupies a camgroove, 62, in a cam-wheel, 63, fixed upon the shaft,40, whereby rocking movements are imparted to said shaft 57. A rockerarm, 64, on the upper end of the shaft, 57 is connected by a short link, 65, with one end. of a link, 66, the other end of which is connected with a lever, 67, fulcrumed at, 68, upon the underside of the bed-plate of the machine, and having a slotted end adapted to engage a stud or pin, 69, fixed to one of the plungers 28. The link, 66, is also connected with one end of a lever, 7 O, fulcrumed at, 71, upon the underside of the bed-plate, and having its other end connected by a link, 72, with one end of a lever, 7 3, pivotally connected at, 74, with a slide, 75, movable in a slideway 011 the underside of the bed-plate. The other end of the lever, 73, is connected with one end of a lever, 76, fulcrumed. at, 77, on the underside of the bed-plate, and having a slotted end, 78, adapted to engage a stud or pin, 79, fixed to the other plunger 23. The lever, 73, being mounted upon the.

slide, 75, a movement of the link, will impart a bodily movement not only to the slide, 7 5, but to the lever, 7 3, which is however free to rock upon its pivot, 74, to accommodate itself to the ark of movement of the end of lever, 76, with which it is con nected. A pair of cam-shapedplates, 80

and 81, are mounted upon the slide, 75, in position to at certain times engage one arm of an angle-lever, 82, fulcrumed at, 83, upon the underside of the bed-plate, and having its other arm slotted and adapted to engage I a stud or pin, 84, fixed to the slide, 19, which stud or pin, 84, projects down through a slot, 85, in the bed-plate.

The arms of the several levers are so proportioned as to accomplish the several movement-s in the order above described, and the cam-shaped plates, 80 and 81, are so located as to provide lost-motion in the operation of the lever, 82, at the beginning of the inward movement of the slide, 19, to allow a sufiicient interval for the folding operation before the bail is moved into position for the bailing operating, and at the beginning of the outward or return movement of the slide, 19, to allow the necessary interval for the withdrawal of the plungers, 23, before the return movement of the slide begins.

bailing-mechanism above, described;

' I make no claim herein to'the pail-forming mechanisms, nor to the combinationof pail-forming and bailing mechanisms here in shown and described, the same being claimed in said original application of which the present application is a division,

. For thepurposes of the presentinvention the paper-pail may be formed; and placed in position in any known manner wherebv it is adapted for the action of my improved What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In a machine for bailing paper-pails or the like, and in combination, a form adapted to be inserted within the body of the pail; and bail-inserting-and-clenching mechanism comprising in part a member interposed between the body of thepail and its lapping side-wings, said member being cooperative with said form to support the body of the pail thereupon, and cooperative with said wings to support the same against the thrust of the bail-inserting mechanism.

2. In a machine for bailing bail; a bail-carrier movable to and from a position opposite said side-wings; means for driving the ends of the bail through said side-wings when the bail-carrier is opposite paper-pails or the like, and in combination, means for thereto; and means forbending the ends of the bail.

3.111 a machine for bailing paper-pails or theflike, andin combination, a form adapted to be inserted within the body of the pail; gand bail-inserting-andclenching mechanism comprising in part a'member interposed between the body of the pail and its lapping side-wings, said member'being coiiperative with said form to support the body of the pail thereupon, andcooperative with said wings to support the sameagainst the thrust of the bail-inserting mechanism,

and in part clenching-mechanism movable in the space between the body of the pail and said lapping side-wings.

4. In a machine for bailing paper-pails or the like, and in combination, means for supporting a formed pail having lapping side-wings; a'plate adapted to occupy a position between the body of the pail and said lapping side-wings, andprovided with an opening to receive the end of the bail;

means for forcing the end of the bail through said lapping side-wings; and a clenching-member movable in the space be tween said wings. a

5. In a machine for bailing paper-pails or the like, and in combination, means for plate and said lapping sideholding in position 21, formed "pail having and a dwelling-member movable in the 10 lapping side-wingsya plate adapted to occuspace between said plate and said lapping py a positionbetween the body ofrthepail side-Wings.

andsisaid lapping wings and provided with In testimony whereofll' have hereuntoset an opening to receive the end of the bailya, myha-nd this-23 day ofNoverhbenlQll.

bail-carriermovable to and from a position HARRY A. INMAN. oppositesaid side-Wings; means for driving Witnesses: v, thenendsof the bail through-said: side-Wings GHAS.-'E. HARDms,

When the bai1-carrier is opposite thereto; "MONROE GRAY.

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